Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group Avalon singing … No Orphans of God … poignantly singing of how we as Christians are sons and daughters of King Jesus and there are no orphans in His family.
He wore our crown so that we can wear His ...
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Highlight Verse[s]: 1Samuel 15:17 [NLT] ... 17 And Samuel told him [Saul], “Although you may think little of yourself, are you not the leader of the tribes of Israel? The Lord has anointed you king of Israel.
… Saul couldn’t see himself as “King.”
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Highlight Passage [context]: 1Samuel 15:10-18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Saul had trouble seeing who he was as the anointed King of Israel.
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Reference Passage : … John 1:12 [NLT] ... 12 But to all who believed Him and accepted Him, He gave the right to become children of God.
… When we make Him our Lord, we become children of the King.
Reference Passage : … Romans 8:14-17 [NLT] ... USE THIS LINK ...
… God, thru Paul, shows us that we when Christ becomes our Lord and Savior, we become children of our Abba Father.
Reference Passage : … 2 Corinthians 6:18 [NLT] ... 18 And I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
… Paul quotes from the OT (2 Samuel 7:14), showing all born again believers that we are sons and daughters of God Himself.
Reference Passage : … 1John 3:1-2 [NLT] ... USE THIS LINK ...
… We may have trouble seeing it in this life; but we need to try to see ourselves as we are, … children of the King!
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Glenn Packiam, uses the story of a young team leader to illustrate how we often have trouble seeing ourselves as sons or daughters of our Abba Father. … The ODB author wrote: The young man became his team’s captain. The professional sports squad was now led by a mild-mannered kid who barely needed to shave. His first press conference was underwhelming. He kept deferring to the coach and to his teammates, and mumbled clichés about just trying to do his job. The team performed poorly that season, and by the end of it the young captain had been traded. He didn’t grasp that he’d been entrusted with the authority to lead, or maybe he never believed he could.
As born again Christians, I think we often fall prey to the image problem illustrated by the ODB story today. We are children of our Abba Father (see reference scriptures above). Yet, we too often see ourselves as “orphans” in this life and in this world. And we have a tendency to beat up on ourselves.
However, when we see ourselves as God sees us, … as His sons and daughters, … we can - and will - take on His role and wear His crown (see photo). So, I’m praying today that we no longer see ourselves as portrayed in the linked song (i.e., as orphans); but that we take on our anointed role today as kids of the King!
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for letting me wear Your crown of glory.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me, … to recognize that we are children of the Living God, wearing His Crown and representing His throne here in this life. Amen
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